Drug Arrests

September 30, 1985

TORONTO — Undercover police officers spent $350,000 on drugs in a 22-month investigation. It resulted in 180 charges of trafficking, conspiracy to traffic, importing and manufacturing illegal drugs against 71 people in Toronto, Peel, Durham, York, Stayner and Wasaga Beach. Former professional boxer Nicky Furlano, 27, was one of those arrested. The U.S. Justice Department and Customs Service and the FBI co-operated in the investigation, which involved drugs brought into Canada from the southern United States.